Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sheffield Utd U23 & Burnley U23 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Sheffield Utd U23 and Burnley U23 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sheffield Utd U23 form and stats
A nice win for Sheffield last time playing, versus Coventry U23. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1.
Before that match, a Professional Development League win away at Barnsley U23.Burnley U23 form and stats
Burnley U23 was sent out of Premier League Cup in the group stage last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League 2 Divison Two travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Burnley are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Nottingham U23.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Reading U23.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Norwich City U23 in just four days.
Burnley are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). Burnley U23's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings with these contenders: Sheffield Utd U23 won two, Burnley U23 were winners in four and we saw zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Unwin 2 goals | M. Thompson 2 goals | A. Driscoll-Glennon 1 goals |
Sheffield Utd U23 missing players
Burnley U23 missing players
| Sheffield Utd U23 | Burnley U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 60 | 30 | Scored | S | 20 | 41 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 8 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 52% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Coventry U23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Peterborough United U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Hull City U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Crewe U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 6 | Wigan U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| 8 | Barnsley U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -10 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham U23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Aston Villa U23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 14 |
| 4 | Nottingham U23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Wolves U23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 6 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Norwich City U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Stoke City U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -8 | 10 |
| 9 | Reading U23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough U23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Burnley U23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Birmingham U23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 7 |
| 13 | Sunderland U23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Southampton U23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 2 |